Holiday Street Closure: A Reversible Approach

A commercial street closed on weekends. The control facilities are temporary and low-cost: movable concrete barriers and plastic barricades are placed at both ends, a sign board explains the time slots; the ground is still the original asphalt pavement with lane markings, no permanent construction has been done. Temporary stalls, movable tables and chairs, several sets of colorful plastic chairs, and large movable planters are placed in the center of the street, all of which can be pushed away when the market closes. Crowds fill the entire road surface. Since the investment is minimal, it can be stopped at any time if the effect is not good, and permanent construction will only be considered if the effect is good. Motorcycles parked in the alley and the original road markings are still visible in the picture. Avoid: using permanent paving and fixed facilities, eliminating original lane markings, making facilities elaborate and expensive, making the scene look like a completed pedestrian zone.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一條週末封閉的商業街道。管制的設施是臨時而低成本的:兩端放置可移動的水泥墩與塑膠拒馬、一塊立牌說明時段;地面上還是原本的柏油路面與車道標線,沒有做任何永久工程。街道中央擺著臨時的攤位、可移動的桌椅、幾組彩色的塑膠座椅與大型的可移動花盆,全部可以在收攤時推走。人潮佔滿整個路面。因為投入很少,如果效果不好隨時可以停止,如果效果好才會考慮做成永久的工程。畫面中還看得見停在巷子裡的機車與原本的路面標線。避免:使用永久性的鋪面與固定設施、消除原本的車道標線、把設施做得精緻昂貴、讓場景看起來像已完工的徒步區。